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by alibarber 6mo ago
It's fun and has now become an addictive rabbit hole - trying to get packets from one location to the other in the fastest, most direct way (and at hobbyist budget level). Initial writeup based on IPv6: https://abarber.com&#
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by alibarber 6mo ago
> 1: it's hard to remember addresses fd::1 is perfectly valid internal IPv6 address (along with fd::2 ... fd::n)
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by alibarber 6mo ago
Having been messing around personally with getting my own blocks of IP addresses and routing[1] - I've become terrified at the idea of implementing access control based on IP address. Unless your own organisation in the RR has the IP a
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PyCon US 2026: Why we're asking you to think about your hotel reservation(pyfound.blogspot.com)
28 points by alibarber 6mo ago|9 comments
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by alibarber 7mo ago
I thought the “performance reviews” they were alluding to were elections. Which doesn’t really make sense as permanent civil servants don’t have any stake in those and can’t be summarily dismissed by the elected politicians in a lot of plac
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by alibarber 7mo ago
It's high but I mean that the developer is asking for 90, and 120 is leaving the employers pocket. 60-70 is then making it to the developer's pocket.
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by alibarber 7mo ago
Probably includes circa 30% employer contributions to various taxes (employer side, the employee will be paying their own of course). And possibly VAT.
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The shady world of IP leasing(acid.vegas)
146 points by alibarber 7mo ago|105 comments
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by alibarber 8mo ago
> Well fix that problem then. If someone puts a smoke detector above a toaster you don't just pull the battery and call it a day. I think what's happening here is that the smoke detector is indicating the possibility of fire, b
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by alibarber 8mo ago
'minge' would be the word you're thinking about.
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by alibarber 8mo ago
‘Let that sink in’ is my cue to stop reading now. Or simply zone out if it’s someone actually talking.
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by alibarber 8mo ago
Sadly I’ve noticed that comments on this topic usually devolve into tribal comments about how ‘things are done in the EU’ which always seem to not be actually that representative of the 27 different countries of the EU, but of course must b
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by alibarber 8mo ago
Is it? Can’t say I’ve really noticed it. In fact just today I read this article in my EU country that sounds almost identical to what this comment describes: https://yle.fi/a/74-20209419 “ If, for example, the payment
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by alibarber 8mo ago
Quite a lot of interesting stuff - for example there are mesh networks setup worldwide that attempt to run IP over RF using these - and then use the internet to forward packets from one to another. They also offer simpler ‘turn-key’ wiregua
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by alibarber 8mo ago
If you have a ham radio licence (anywhere in the world) you can request a /24 if IPv4 space from AMPR for free. It cannot be used commercially and should be in the ‘spirit’ of amateur radio. Unfortunately there’s also a bit of a backlo
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by alibarber 8mo ago
Yes my first thought would be to probe the parallel lines and see what went in and came out, but this approach was just as interesting!
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by alibarber 9mo ago
Two out of three of these things are effectively fully automated already in my experience. And I'm afraid I do not share your belief that the work done by a healthcare professional today will be done by AI tomorrow.
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by alibarber 9mo ago
How much of the stuff that is under control of the US cloud companies has any need for being in an ‘AI’ datacentre? Does a store of healthcare records need AI? The state portal for renewing passports? The tax administration? I seemed to be
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by alibarber 9mo ago
Feels more like a sales tax (VAT) though, which is the same for everyone.
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by alibarber 9mo ago
It's probably much more boring. The choice was likely between leaving the whole water bottle and its contents in a bin of forbidden/discarded items, going home and missing the flight, or chugging it, or arranging a courier for sai
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by alibarber 9mo ago
No I am absolutely not saying that. I am saying that there is evidence that the amount of media (and I am including X/Twitter and other social media) attention given to various causes around the world is actively manipulated. This is i
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by alibarber 9mo ago
It sounds like the Iranian government have indeed taken steps to make it harder for their population to be influenced.
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Scottish independence accounts go dark after Iran internet blackout(web.archive.org)
4 points by alibarber 9mo ago|1 comments
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by alibarber 9mo ago
There is some evidence to suggest that certain countries (Russia, China, Iran itself) have an incentive to use the Gaza conflict to cause disunity in the west - and hence keep it in the news cycle and public opinion. https://www.
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by alibarber 9mo ago
Strangely, if I order from Amazon UK to Finland in the EU, the VAT is already all included and it comes directly to me, no customs. Even for some third party sellers too.
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by alibarber 9mo ago
LinkedIn once seemed to somehow go through my (GMail?) contacts and ask if I should invite my, late, grandfather to the platform in the subject of a marketing message. Left a bitter taste.
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by alibarber 9mo ago
It’s somewhat similar in Finland. This is why I don’t get what the EU brings to the table at all. I’ve considered starting something, never quite yet pulled the trigger, but I may as well do it in the UK because it’s extremely cheap, gives
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by alibarber 9mo ago
> So in that particular case, would be in both Estonia and Spain, just so we're on the same side? It sounds like we are. If labour is being conducted in both of those countries then yes. And the same anywhere else where someone migh
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by alibarber 9mo ago
For labour - the laws of where that labour is actually being conducted are the ones that are followed. Spanish prosecutors can for sure bring a case against an Estonian company if they are not. In theory at least. But for company tax law, t
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by alibarber 9mo ago
If the clients are cross border - there is no threshold, you have to charge the VAT rate of the country in which they are located from the start.

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